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A clearer picture of the continuous gravitational-wave sky

November 12, 2024

Rapidly rotating, deformed neutron stars emit continuous gravitational waves. Observing this never-before-seen type of ripples in space-time will allow astrophysicists to study the ...

Understanding elementary particles and black holes with modern mathematics

November 05, 2024

What do the interactions of elementary particles in accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider have in common with inspiraling black holes? The study of these two very ...

Making sense of the unexpected in the gravitational-wave sky

November 05, 2024

Existing and future gravitational-wave detectors will be capable of observing signals with such precision that they may reveal possible deviations from Einstein's general theory of ...

Sensing the seismic

September 26, 2024

Seismic motion can significantly disturb precision measurements, such as those used in gravitational-wave detection and other fields. These experiments rely on control schemes that ...

Astronomy Day and Long Night of Astronomy in Hannover

September 25, 2024

The Volkssternwarte Hannover and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Hannover jointly participate in Astronomy Day and the Long Night ...

How does strong space-time curvature affect the propagation of gravitational waves?

September 19, 2024

When massive compact objects merge, they emit gravitational waves: distortions of space geometry that propagate through space at the speed of light. Since the first detection of ...